Many have questioned the legitimacy and projected outcome of the Nov. 26 elections in Honduras. As of Dec. 4, current President Juan Orlando Hernández held a narrow lead over opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla. Critics have claimed fraud and manipulation in the voting results to favor Hernández and have demanded a recount. Electoral observers from the Organization of American States (OAS) said in a press release, “the tight margin of the results, and the irregularities, errors and systemic problems that have surrounding this election do not allow the Mission [of observers] to hold certainty about the results.”

A cameraman from the international news network Telesur, Antonio Torres, reported being intimidated by officials of the Honduran National Institute of Migration and agents of the armed forces, C-Libre reported.

"I was with a colleague from Telesur, because she needed an extension for the amount of time she could stay in Honduras, right then some guys came to attack and harass us, asking why we took pictures and they wanted to take our work equipment," Torres said.

Starting on the night of Dec. 1, the State of Honduras imposed a curfew for ten days, which prevents the free movement of people from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m.

With regard to the curfew, the IACHR and the OHCHR spoke out in asking that the decree not affect the exercise of the right to peaceful assembly, in order not to weaken the democratic foundations of that country.